What is the purpose of the 127.0.1.1 entry in /etc/hosts?

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Been googling this but found very ambiguous answers and I'm curious if I should modify these values, my VPS hosts file looks like this:

127.0.0.1	localhost
127.0.1.1	debian
144.17.4.xx	porter.info		porter
...

Everything works fine but I'm curious about the "127.0.1.1 debian" part, should I keep it or rename it?

Asked by Cexoxa (33 rep)

Jan 13, 2023, 02:55 PM
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